Bug#729989: apache2: Consider applying patch for upstream bug 29744 (CONNECT over SSL) to wheezy
Package: apache2.2-common
Version: 2.2.22-13
Severity: wishlist
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29744 prevents CONNECT working over SSL.
The classic use-case for this is tunnelling SSH over a 'normal' HTTP SSL connection to avoid
troublesome proxies and firewalls, as per http://dag.wiee.rs/howto/ssh-http-tunneling/
This bug has been fixed in Apache 2.4, however that's not much use to those of us running stable
with Apache 2.2.222
Please consider back-porting the patch from the upstream bug to wheezy:
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=30144
I'd be happy to help in any way I can. I want this feature, but having to recompile mod_proxy
and diverge from the official packages is a step too far.
Alternatively, if there's a prospect of Apache 2.4 making it into backports for wheezy, that would
be a very acceptable solution.
-- Package-specific info:
List of /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load:
alias auth_basic authn_file authz_default authz_groupfile
authz_host authz_svn authz_user autoindex cgid dav dav_svn deflate
dir env fastcgi headers mime negotiation proxy proxy_connect
proxy_http reqtimeout rewrite setenvif ssl status
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.2
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apache2 depends on:
ii apache2-mpm-worker 2.2.22-13
ii apache2.2-common 2.2.22-13
apache2 recommends no packages.
apache2 suggests no packages.
Versions of packages apache2.2-common depends on:
ii apache2-utils 2.2.22-13
ii apache2.2-bin 2.2.22-13
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian8+deb7u1
ii mime-support 3.52-1
ii perl 5.14.2-21+deb7u1
ii procps 1:3.3.3-3
Versions of packages apache2.2-common recommends:
ii ssl-cert 1.0.32
Versions of packages apache2.2-common suggests:
pn apache2-doc <none>
pn apache2-suexec | apache2-suexec-custom <none>
ii elinks [www-browser] 0.12~pre5-9
-- no debconf information
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